East Riding of Yorkshire PCT (ERYPCT) developed a fully implemented falls and osteoporosis pathway. The main objective was to reduce the number of falls resulting in serious injury and ensure effective treatment, rehabilitation and support for those who have fallen.

Scenario Generator was used to model existing and proposed activity and costs arising from falls in current health care provision. ERYPCT modeled proposed new service and used Scenario Generator’s powerful ‘what-if’ functionality to test and compare scenarios around the A&E diversionary pathway.

The Benefits

Scenario Generator has brought a number of key benefits to ERYPCT:

• Increased understanding of proposed pathway and patient flows
• Demonstrated potential benefit of implementing various aspects of falls pathway
• Identified likely workforce consequences
• Identified costs and activity of various steps in existing and new pathway
• Delivered confidence in business planning and commissioning of new service areas.

Scenario Generator in other Initiatives

ERYPCT has used Scenario Generator in other areas, including unscheduled care strategy, rapid response team and neighborhood care team.